1. Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Townlink2. A Girl Called Johnny - The Waterboyslink3. Dry The Rain - The Beta Bandlink4. The Velvet Underground - What Goes Onlink5. A Tribe Called Quest - Bonita Applebumlink6. Simple Minds - Glittering Prizelink7. Public Enemy - Can't Do Nuttin For Ya Manlink8. Sleepy Jackson - Come To Thislink9. New Order - Temptationlink10. Roxy Music - If There Is Something (Live at the Apollo)link

It is actually quite refreshing to see two lists where you don't have to spend too much time trawling through links. They're quite similar in how they approach things, but A's highs are higher than B. Equally as crucially its lows ( the rather soppy Dream Academy and the mundane guitar pop of Sleepy Jackson) aren't as low as Bs ( Rush and the completely pointless Stairway cover).

Holy crap! I should be so lucky to go up against a list with Rush and Heart's cover of Stairway on it. Very risky strategy, B!

On the other hand, A has songs I actually really do like a lot. The live Roxy tune is a great pick. That song was always crying out for a violin part! Velvets, Tribe Called Quest - and that New Order track is my favorite thing I've ever heard of theirs.

A

GoogaMooga wrote: The further away from home you go, the greater the risk of getting stuck there.

I'm really liking B, and A is ok but I loathe that Life In A Northern Town wet whimiscal shite, so my vote is for

B

echolalia wrote: I despise Prefab Sprout. It will be decades before “hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque” is surpassed as the most terrible lyric in pop history. That fucking bastard ruined all three things for me forever.